Chapter 70
“When I was young, my master was one of the ten guardians protecting the Great Being, the Seeker. He served the Great Being, a mage who also fought bravely on the front lines of battle.”
“Grandfather when he was young? Somehow, I don’t even want to imagine it…”
“Heh heh heh, Miss Sarrieta will grow old someday too. Anyway, I learned magic by his side and followed him across battlefields. I even participated in the Hundred Years’ War.”
Tahul’s hand trembled faintly, as if recalling those memories.
“Those blessed by the traitor were far too powerful. They were nothing short of a curse to us. Every day was hell. Have you ever closed your eyes for a moment only to open them and see your comrade beside you collapse and die?”
No, no—.
Sari and Osun shook their heads violently.
“You’ve seen a human youth, I see? What a horrific sight it was. Isn’t this old man remarkable to have endured a hundred years of that and survived? Heh heh heh.”
Tahul gulped down his beer mug, quenching his thirst.
Dojae waited quietly, intrigued by the chance to hear stories from that era.
“Gulp. Over a hundred years, countless lights of life were extinguished. It felt like if the war continued like this, there might not be a single living creature left on the continent. That’s when the Seekers decided to sacrifice themselves to seal the traitor. Isn’t that interesting? That the traitor was so powerful it took the sacrifice of all the other Seekers to eliminate just one traitor.”
